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P'or (Armenian: Փոր) is a village in East Anatolia. Up to Armenian genocide it was Armenian village. During the medieval period the region at the western end of Lake Van was called Bznumik, part of Turuberan province. The village of Por, now called Değirmenaltı ("Six Mills" in Turkish), is located about seven kilometres north-east of the town of Bitlis. Within the village is an Armenian church, called St. Anania, that dates from the sixth or seventh century. In the middle of the 15th century it was occupied by a community of Armenian monks who renovated the old church, built a zhamatun in front of its west wall, and probably also built the small chapel that is located to the south of the church. Both the church and the chapel are now used as barns. The zhamatun is now in ruins. The village contains very important collection of Armenian khatchkars now surviving in what is called East of Turkey now. They seem to mostly date from the 14th and early 15th centuries, from the period of the site's use as a monastery.